With tongue-in-cheek humor, the creator of the award-winning Confessions of a Part-Time Sorceress takes on the self-help section, proving that the benefits of the Dungeons & Dragons game goes far beyond simple entertainment.

How to Play Dungeons and Dragons

Your Step-by-Step Guide to Playing Dungeons and Dragons for Beginners

By:
Howexpert Press,
Jeffrey Carmichael II

Narrated by:
Nick Gallagher

Length: 1 hr and 11 mins

Unabridged

Overall

3.5 out of 5 stars
30

Performance

4 out of 5 stars
25

Story

3.5 out of 5 stars
24

This is not your standard "how to" book. The author shares his experience with playing so that you can have a deeper and richer play experience. In order to do this the book is divided into four sections that give advice that goes beyond the rules found it the player's handbooks and dungeon master's guides.

4 out of 5 stars

A Good D&D Primer for New Players

By
Matt Moore
on
01-21-17

Sly Flourish's The Lazy Dungeon Master

By:
Michael E. Shea

Narrated by:
Colby Elliott

Length: 2 hrs and 43 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
209

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
184

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
177

You love Dungeons and Dragons. As an experienced dungeon master, you've run dozens, if not hundreds of games. You put a lot of work into making your games great. What if there's another way to look at how you prepare your game? What if it turned out you could spend less time and less energy and have a better game as a result? It's time to unleash the
Lazy Dungeon Master.

5 out of 5 stars

Exactly what I was looking for

By
Jesse
on
02-22-16

Morningwood: Everybody Loves Large Chests (Vol.1)

By:
Neven Iliev

Narrated by:
Jeff Hays

Length: 8 hrs and 23 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
1,943

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
1,842

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
1,842

Large chests are said to encompass all manner of hopes and dreams. Men covet them. Women envy them. But one fact holds true - everyone wants to get their hands on some big ones. The same holds true for one intrepid adventurer - a strapping young lad by the name of Himmel. Armed with his grandfather's trusty longsword and the dream of being the strongest, he sets out on the journey of a lifetime!

5 out of 5 stars

Really Entertaining

By
HeatherY
on
11-23-17

Empire of Imagination

Gary Gygax and the Birth of Dungeons & Dragons

By:
Michael Witwer

Narrated by:
Sam Witwer

Length: 7 hrs and 59 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
337

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
316

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
316

The life story of Gary Gygax, godfather of all fantasy adventure games, has been told only in bits and pieces. Michael Witwer has written a dynamic, dramatized biography of Gygax from his childhood in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, to his untimely death in 2008. Gygax's magnum opus, Dungeons & Dragons, would explode in popularity throughout the 1970s and '80s and irreversibly alter the world of gaming. D&D is the best-known, best-selling role-playing game of all time, and it boasts an elite class of alumni.

4 out of 5 stars

A Story of Bittersweet Successes

By
Sam
on
11-16-16

Of Dice and Men

The Story of Dungeons & Dragons and the People Who Play It

By:
David M. Ewalt

Narrated by:
David M. Ewalt,
Mikael Naramore

Length: 8 hrs and 19 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
555

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
515

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
512

In
Of Dice and Men, David Ewalt recounts the development of Dungeons & Dragons from the game’s roots on the battlefields of ancient Europe, through the hysteria that linked it to satanic rituals and teen suicides, to its apotheosis as father of the modern video-game industry. As he chronicles the surprising history of the game’s origins (a history largely unknown even to hardcore players) and examines D&D’s profound impact, Ewalt weaves laser-sharp subculture analysis with his own present-day gaming experiences.

5 out of 5 stars

Nerrrrrrrrrrd!

By
E. A Dunn
on
12-28-15

Everything I Need to Know I Learned from Dungeons & Dragons

One Woman's Quest to Trade Self-Help for Elf-Help

By:
Shelly Mazzanoble

Narrated by:
Kathleen McInerney

Length: 7 hrs and 37 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4 out of 5 stars
34

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
31

Story

4 out of 5 stars
31

With tongue-in-cheek humor, the creator of the award-winning Confessions of a Part-Time Sorceress takes on the self-help section, proving that the benefits of the Dungeons & Dragons game goes far beyond simple entertainment.

How to Play Dungeons and Dragons

Your Step-by-Step Guide to Playing Dungeons and Dragons for Beginners

By:
Howexpert Press,
Jeffrey Carmichael II

Narrated by:
Nick Gallagher

Length: 1 hr and 11 mins

Unabridged

Overall

3.5 out of 5 stars
30

Performance

4 out of 5 stars
25

Story

3.5 out of 5 stars
24

This is not your standard "how to" book. The author shares his experience with playing so that you can have a deeper and richer play experience. In order to do this the book is divided into four sections that give advice that goes beyond the rules found it the player's handbooks and dungeon master's guides.

4 out of 5 stars

A Good D&D Primer for New Players

By
Matt Moore
on
01-21-17

Sly Flourish's The Lazy Dungeon Master

By:
Michael E. Shea

Narrated by:
Colby Elliott

Length: 2 hrs and 43 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
209

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
184

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
177

You love Dungeons and Dragons. As an experienced dungeon master, you've run dozens, if not hundreds of games. You put a lot of work into making your games great. What if there's another way to look at how you prepare your game? What if it turned out you could spend less time and less energy and have a better game as a result? It's time to unleash the
Lazy Dungeon Master.

5 out of 5 stars

Exactly what I was looking for

By
Jesse
on
02-22-16

Morningwood: Everybody Loves Large Chests (Vol.1)

By:
Neven Iliev

Narrated by:
Jeff Hays

Length: 8 hrs and 23 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
1,943

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
1,842

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
1,842

Large chests are said to encompass all manner of hopes and dreams. Men covet them. Women envy them. But one fact holds true - everyone wants to get their hands on some big ones. The same holds true for one intrepid adventurer - a strapping young lad by the name of Himmel. Armed with his grandfather's trusty longsword and the dream of being the strongest, he sets out on the journey of a lifetime!

5 out of 5 stars

Really Entertaining

By
HeatherY
on
11-23-17

Empire of Imagination

Gary Gygax and the Birth of Dungeons & Dragons

By:
Michael Witwer

Narrated by:
Sam Witwer

Length: 7 hrs and 59 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
337

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
316

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
316

The life story of Gary Gygax, godfather of all fantasy adventure games, has been told only in bits and pieces. Michael Witwer has written a dynamic, dramatized biography of Gygax from his childhood in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, to his untimely death in 2008. Gygax's magnum opus, Dungeons & Dragons, would explode in popularity throughout the 1970s and '80s and irreversibly alter the world of gaming. D&D is the best-known, best-selling role-playing game of all time, and it boasts an elite class of alumni.

4 out of 5 stars

A Story of Bittersweet Successes

By
Sam
on
11-16-16

Of Dice and Men

The Story of Dungeons & Dragons and the People Who Play It

By:
David M. Ewalt

Narrated by:
David M. Ewalt,
Mikael Naramore

Length: 8 hrs and 19 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
555

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
515

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
512

In
Of Dice and Men, David Ewalt recounts the development of Dungeons & Dragons from the game’s roots on the battlefields of ancient Europe, through the hysteria that linked it to satanic rituals and teen suicides, to its apotheosis as father of the modern video-game industry. As he chronicles the surprising history of the game’s origins (a history largely unknown even to hardcore players) and examines D&D’s profound impact, Ewalt weaves laser-sharp subculture analysis with his own present-day gaming experiences.

5 out of 5 stars

Nerrrrrrrrrrd!

By
E. A Dunn
on
12-28-15

Critical Failures

Caverns and Creatures, Book 1

By:
Robert Bevan

Narrated by:
Jonathan Sleep

Length: 8 hrs and 3 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4 out of 5 stars
6,850

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
6,469

Story

4 out of 5 stars
6,459

Tim and his friends find out the hard way that you shouldn't question the game master, and you shouldn't make fun of his cape. One minute, they're drinking away the dreariness of their lives, escaping into a fantasy game and laughing their asses off. The next minute, they're in a horse-drawn cart surrounded by soldiers pointing crossbows at them.

5 out of 5 stars

Audible Studio...More Please!

By
M. Maryanow
on
02-01-15

Delvers LLC

Welcome to Ludus

By:
Blaise Corvin

Narrated by:
Jeff Hays

Length: 13 hrs and 27 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
2,430

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
2,299

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
2,295

Henry and Jason led normal lives in Seattle before they were abducted to another world. Their kidnapper, the vain, self-styled god Dolos, refuses to send them back unless they can accomplish an impossible task. Oddly, Dolos doesn't seem to care if they succeed or not. Luckily, Henry and Jason studied Historical European Martial Arts (HEMA) on Earth. Unfortunately, a Japanese American EMT and a geeky IT programmer don't have many other useful skills on a sword-and-sorcery world like Ludus.

5 out of 5 stars

Like an R-rated Dungeons and Dragons cartoon

By
CT
on
02-25-17

Dragons of Autumn Twilight

Dragonlance: Chronicles, Book 1

By:
Margaret Weis,
Tracy Hickman

Narrated by:
Paul Boehmer

Length: 19 hrs and 59 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
2,742

Performance

4 out of 5 stars
2,537

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
2,559

Lifelong friends, they went their separate ways. Now they are together again, though each holds secrets from the others in his heart. They speak of a world shadowed with rumors of war. They speak of tales of strange monsters, creatures of myth, creatures of legend. They do not speak of their secrets. Not then. Not until a chance encounter with a beautiful, sorrowful woman, who bears a magical crystal staff, draws the companions deeper into the shadows, forever changing their lives and shaping the fate of the world.

2 out of 5 stars

COULDN'T FINISH LISTENING

By
Eleanor H.
on
04-01-15

Super Sales on Super Heroes

By:
William D. Arand

Narrated by:
Jeff Hays

Length: 11 hrs and 46 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
4,094

Performance

5 out of 5 stars
3,899

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
3,891

In a world full of super powers, Felix has a pretty crappy one. He has the ability to modify any item he owns. To upgrade anything. Sounds great on paper. Almost like a video game. Except that the amount of power it takes to actually change, modify, or upgrade anything worthwhile is beyond his abilities. With that in mind, Felix settled into a normal life. A normal job. His entire world changes when the city he lives in is taken over by a super villain. Becoming a country of one city. A city state.

4 out of 5 stars

Lot better than I thought it would be

By
Phillip hinch
on
07-08-17

The First Book of Swords

By:
Fred Saberhagen

Narrated by:
Derek Perkins

Length: 8 hrs and 51 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4 out of 5 stars
524

Performance

4 out of 5 stars
473

Story

4 out of 5 stars
471

For a game, the gods have given the world 12 Swords of Power so that they might be amused as the nations battle for their possession. But Vulcan the Smith has had his own little joke: the Swords can kill the gods themselves. What started out as Divine Jest has become all too serious as the gods fight to recover the Swords, and mortals discover that the mantle of power is more delicious and more terrible than anything they could have imagined.

5 out of 5 stars

Stands the test of time

By
Natalie Ryan
on
03-14-13

Good Intentions

By:
Elliott Kay

Narrated by:
Tess Irondale

Length: 22 hrs and 2 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
2,124

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
2,020

Story

4 out of 5 stars
2,019

He knew it was a dumb stunt from the start. A midnight run through a cemetery to impress a couple of girls is hardly the stuff of legend, but Alex Carlisle longs to escape the crushing mediocrity of life after high school. Then he stumbles upon the ritual, and the cultists, and two bound and bloodied women. Alex intervenes and the ritual blows up in his face, leaving him bound to them both: Rachel and Lorelei, an angel and a succubus.

5 out of 5 stars

Read the Warning Label!

By
C. Williams
on
08-31-15

Publisher's Summary

Most players of Dungeons & Dragons are men, yet storytelling and roleplaying come so naturally to women. So where are all the female gamers? The answer is - everywhere!

Confessions of a Part-time Sorceress is a smart, humorous examination of the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game from a female gamer's point of view. The book delves into the myths and realities of gamer stereotypes. It explains how to build a character for a D&D game, how to shop for gear, how to play, and how to find the perfect gaming group, all the while exploring the things that make the D&D game a rewarding and recurring social experience for both men and women.

Maybe It's not for me?

Has Confessions of a Part-Time Sorceress turned you off from other books in this genre?

a little yes.

Did the narration match the pace of the story?

yes.

What reaction did this book spark in you? Anger, sadness, disappointment?

Anger and disappointment. There was a bit of confusion and embarrassment mixed in as well.

Any additional comments?

I had just finished Of Dice and Men and wanted something similar. I had seen the hobby through the initiated perspective but I wanted an outsiders view on the game so I picked this book up. I'm about 3/4 of the way through and it's been painful to listen to.

Everything is so vapid and shallow. I really want there to be more girls playing RPGs but this book is an insult to the few that do. At times she breaks the number 1 rule of gaming and thats "Don't argue with the GM" especially on none important points like if they're in a mall or not. I'm reserving full judgment till I finish the book but it's not looking good.

A Fun Read and D&D Primer, Too!

Cringe

I downloaded this to get a better understanding of DnD before i play for the first time. Im not going to comment on the information (though there is little) but rather the writing. This book is so rife with cliches, poor jokes, atrocious puns, and general unfunny anecdotes, that I felt compelled to write a review. This is absolutely not the book to get you started, regardless of gender, background, or life choices, stereotypical or otherwise. I'm a straight male, and only mention it as to be completely transparent, and offer you the opportunity to take my words with a grain of salt if you so choose.